Bangalore, If all goes well, the Ulsoor Lake may be free from sewage by next year, with Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) all set to lay separate underground pipelines.

The work, part of the Environmental Action Plan (EAP), will be taken up on priority basis by the Board, after representatives of the Army and members of the Ulsoor Lake Restoration Committee recommended an early

In recent days, the federal government and environmental groups have increased the pressure on Chicago

Chicago waterways long used to carry away the city's waste must be cleaned up expeditiously so residents can play in them, the U.S.

CHENNAI: Posing an abominable picture and causing severe health hazards is the garbage strewn across the streets, adjoining the Kasimedu Housing Board quarters in MGR Nagar.

A recent survey in the Sassoon Hospital here showed that 20 out of 3,172 patients were carrying the superbug, NDM-1 gene. Sixty-six per cent of the patients also showed multidrug resistance.

Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Wednesday approved an outlay of Rs.1,255 crore for upgradation of water supply and sewerage works in the State.

Of this, Rs.567 crore would be spent for improvement of drinking water supply facilities in rural areas.

MARGAO, Will the concerned authorities finally act in restoring the water bodies, including the Colva creek with the rampant water contamination coming under the scanner of High Court?
High Court directives to the Colva Panchayat and other authorities to file a reply on the action taken on the directions issued by the Goa State Pollution Control Board has been welcomed by the Colva Civic and Cons

Environmental groups on Tuesday sued the city of Chicago's water treatment authority, charging its sewage promotes algae growth that is choking Midwestern rivers and contributes to the Gulf of Mexico's "dead zone."

The federal lawsuit demands Chicago's Metropolitan Water Reclamation District deal with frequent runoff of untreated sewage into local waterways during storms that cause problems dow

Urban revolution: 20 new trendsetters to redifine India by 2030India is on the threshold of an urban revolution, the scale and speed of which is unprecedented. It took nearly 40 years for the urban population to rise by 230 million but it will take only half this time to add the next 250 million. Cities will be central to India's economic growth.

Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ameer Haidar Khan Hoti has approved in principle the establishment of an autonomous authority for clean drinking water, sewerage and sanitation in provincial capital, Peshawar. The chief minister has directed the concerned authorities for submission of joint proposals in consultation with all stakeholders for finalisation of all matters in this connection.